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the black angels at
Paradise Rock Club
November 2
The Black Angels borrow their name from a Velvet Underground song ("The Black Angel's Death Song") and their echoey, tambourine-fringed dirges owe a lot to John Cale & Co. as well. This tour is all about their third disc, Phosphene Dream, set to be released on 9.14.
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chris, about 12 hours ago
image: Tanit Sakakini
The Motion Sick at
TT the Bear's Place
September 18
All good things must come to an end, or at least to an indefinite hiatus. Boston's The Motion Sick, known for their catchy songwriting, intelligent lyrics, and mustachioed frontman, play their final show. But never fear - the members remain stalwarts of the local music scene. Among other projects, bassist Matt Girard has joined The Future Everybody (former members of Scamper) and the eponymously-named Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library launches in September.
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debcha, 4 days ago
school of seven bells at
The Middle East
September 11
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chris, 13 days ago
Black To Comm at
goethe institute
November 5
Wow! Highly textured synth + sample tracks that reference and build upon the ambient greats: Eno, Cluster, Gas. Non-event/Goethe Institute Boston is hosting Black to Comm's US debut. It's down in our calendars!
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chris, 14 days ago
the xx at
The Orpheum Theatre
October 3
Massively hyped UK indie rockers are a trio now, having dropped keyboardist Baria Qureshi in 2009. The present tour is in support of a new album, "VCR," released earlier this year.
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chris, 15 days ago
holy fuck at
The Paradise Rock Club
September 19
Canadian Invasion experimental rockers build a huge, driving sound and use strange instruments on stage (like 35mm film-loop editors)
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chris, 20 days ago
grinderman at
House of Blues Boston
November 13
Nick Cave and some of the Bad Seeds are putting out another record as Grinderman ("Grinderman 2", due Sept. 13), and touring to support the release.
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chris, 22 days ago
Thomas Koner at
Goethe Institute
October 22
German ambient experimentalist identifies himself as a "media artist" and incorporates visual elements into his moody, multi-dimensional recordings. Gorgeous tracks filled with synthesizers and field recordings of room tone, laughter, people speaking in foreign languages.
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chris, 23 days ago
Sufjan Stevens at
Orpheum Theatre
November 10
After promising to record an album for each of the fifty states, megatalented Alt-golden boy Sufjan Stevens hasn't released a proper rock album for five years now. So we'll have to be satisfied with a live performance this fall. And, in fact, we can't wait!
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chris, 24 days ago
pharoahe monch at
The Middle East
October 24
Lauded '00s Queens rapper is touring in front of a new Album, "W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)", due to hit your neighborhood record store (you have one, right?) Sept. 14.
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chris, 27 days ago
Drag The River at
Great Scott
October 2
Tourfilter's favorite band name ever! Colorado alt-country quartet plays sprawling, poignant roadhouse jams.
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chris, 28 days ago
starfucker at
TT the Bear's Place
October 10
Portland indie quartet lays playful melodies over danceable, slightly trashy-sounding beats. Live show is rumored to be colorful and over the top.
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chris, about 1 month ago
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's at
Middle East
September 27
Septet from Indianapolis strum and warble, with midwestern humility and frankness. New record Buzzard is due soon: in Aug. 2010.
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chris, about 1 month ago
1349 at
Middle East
October 7
A hung-over Tourfilter feels much better after a morning of Norwegian black metalists 1349 on the Grados. We think their constant volcanic shreiking and triple-time beats may have cleansed our brain of all humanity. Thank god, that shit was just slowing us down!
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chris, about 1 month ago
Swingin Utters at
Harpers Ferry
September 26
"$WINGIN' UTTER$ ARE CUMMIN'", read Johnny Peebucks' leather jacket on the black and white flyer for their ALL AGES matinee show at Boston's venerable punk venue, The Rat, in 1996. I was to see my pal's band Bastard Squad take the stage with my spiked head full of klonopin and an underage 40oz. by the back door entrance to the Kenmore Square venue. A new band with a strange name, Dropkick Murphys, may or may not have debuted that Sunday afternoon. In March of 2010 I'm six months sober, and I return to Kenmore Square to see my roommates' band, Cocked N' Loaded with The Swingin' Utters, and the Dropkicks to a sold out House Of Blues. As much as I hate to say it, "The more things change, the more they stay same".
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claynferno, about 1 month ago
image: johnny allen
Viva Viva at
Middle East
September 30
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chris, about 1 month ago
blonde redhead at
Paradise Rock Club
November 1
multilingual 4AD trio has a new album, Penny Sparkle (free streaming track, too), dropping in the fall.
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chris, about 1 month ago
image: Elise Nagle
the acre at
TT the Bear's Place
September 8
With wry, mournful tunes that bring comparison to Low, Boston band The Acre's brand of Americana is purposeful and experimental. Catch 'em at small venues while you can!
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chris, about 1 month ago
sea wolf at
The Middle East
September 21
Sea Wolf's indie-folk songs stand out for their combination of catchiness and poignancy. But this fall, Alex Brown Church, the singer-songwriter behind the band, turns down the volume and turns up the intimacy with a solo tour--just Church and an acoustic guitar--letting his voice, the song, and the narrative lyrics shine through.
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debcha, about 1 month ago
image: Nicole Saponara, 1992
come at
TT the Bear's
September 26
Come was THE '90's Boston band for Tourfilter. Smashed up against the amps at the front of the crowd Middle East Downstairs, halfway through the one beer we could afford, Thalia Zedek was a goddess and the raging, swirling rocknroll completely took us over.
Since the breakup, Thalia and bandmate Chris Brokaw have played together here and there, but this is the first reunion featuring the original lineup. Tourfilter will be there and we can't fucking wait.
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chris, about 1 month ago
nomo at
The Middle East
September 15
Fela Kuti-inspired afrobeat ensemble from Ann Arbor mixes horns with traditional instruments and creates a driving, rough-edged, joyful sound.
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chris, about 1 month ago
Guided By Voices at
Paradise Rock Club
November 5
Original '93-'96 lineup!
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chris, about 1 month ago
Of Montreal at
House of Blues Boston
September 16
New album "False Priest," dropping Sept. 14, is available for preorder.
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chris, about 1 month ago
Dungen at
Harper's Ferry
October 13
Sweden's rock gods - huge, galloping jams drenched in nostalgia and LSD.
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chris, about 1 month ago
image: photo by brad almanac
David Bazan at
tt the bear's place
September 22
David Bazan and his ace backing band are back on the road, showcasing songs off his latest record (Barsuk's "Curse Your Branches") along with, if you're lucky, a couple old Pedro the Lion tracks and a well-chosen cover.
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bsearles, about 1 month ago
Mice Parade at
Great Scott
September 23
Atmospheric and experimental, Mice Parade are touring around a new release, What It Means To Be Left-Handed, due in September 2010.
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chris, about 1 month ago
Gary Numan at
Paradise Rock Club
October 22
Gary Numan's had an active past decade + he's blessing his US fans with a tour featuring a complete playthrough of the mindblowing 1979 LP "The Pleasure Principle".
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chris, 2 months ago
death at
the middle east (downstairs)
October 8
This seminal trio out of Detroit made a punk record back in '74 before anyone was throwing around the word as a genre. Unearthed on Drag City records last year, the energy in their songs is on par with the Stooges and MC5. What are you waiting for? Seek Death, my children!
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Janaka, 2 months ago
teenage fanclub at
Royale
September 25
Glasgow jangle-popsters have a new album, Shadows; it's their first since 2005.
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chris, 2 months ago
image: Josh Jackson/WBGO
Kurt Rosenwinkel at
Berklee
September 15
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mikko, 2 months ago
ok go at
Prowse Farm
September 12
yep. those guys. and their new video is even freakier!
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chris, 2 months ago
Field Music at
Great Scott
September 22
tourfilter challenges you to start and not stop watching this Field Music video.
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chris, 2 months ago
Margaret Cho at
Wilbur Theatre
October 28
"Am I gay? Am I straight? And I realized, I'm just slutty. Where's my parade!?"
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chris, 2 months ago
image: the Seven Fields of Aphelion
tobacco at
The Middle East
September 18
Black Moth Super Rainbow's frontman Tom Fec has released a new album ("Maniac Meat") under the Tobacco moniker. If the Gulf oil spill was made out of heavy metal, it would sound about as fucked up and overpowering as Tobacco. For more information about this, you must watch the video.
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chris, 2 months ago
the smith westerns at
House of Blues Boston
October 31
teenage ruffians from Chicago
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chris, 3 months ago
Roger Waters at
TD Garden
September 30
Roger Waters will be performing Pink Floyd's awesome 1979 double-album The Wall in its entirety.
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chris, 3 months ago
the morning benders at
Paradise Rock Club
November 9
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chris, 4 months ago
The Dirty Projectors at
Wilbur Theatre
September 13
Caterwauling Brooklyn experimentalists Dirty Projectors have collaborated with Bjork; a track from their new Album Ascending Melody can be downloaded for free at their official website!
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chris, 5 months ago
Stars at
House of Blues Boston
September 23
Hearts-on-their-sleeves Canadian popsters almost made Tourfilter cry once. Or twice. We think it somewhere between the eighth and ninetieth listen of Set Yourself on Fire. There's a new record coming June 22, The Five Ghosts, and a 2-part making-of vid up on their official site.
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chris, 5 months ago
The Depreciation Guild at
TT the Bear's Place
October 2
New Yorkers The Depreciation Guild mix twee lyrics, dancy eighties new-wave beat machine beats and SNES chimes - just add distortion and a world-weary composure; a unique, infectious sound emerges.
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chris, 5 months ago
image: ANDERS GRØNNEBERG
serena maneesh at
The Middle East
October 3
Bands that sound like Lush and My Bloody Valentine are always welcomed here at tourfilter. Norwegian ones, doubly so!
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chris, 5 months ago
land of talk at
tt the bear's place
November 3
canadian-invasion trio with a sad-voice girl singer is yet another interesting Broken Social Scene spinoff.
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chris, 5 months ago
Tortoise at
Iron Horse Music Hall
September 6
Venerable impossible-to-classifies Tortoise are touring all year; sure to play lots of stuff from their 2009 Thrill Jockey CD "Beacons of Ancestorship"
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chris, 5 months ago
Bonobo at
Paradise Rock Club
November 7
UK DJ/Producer signed to Ninja Tune. Often tours with a live band, playing gorgeous lounge-y downtempo techno with echos of Burial and Album Leaf.
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chris, 5 months ago
pavement at
Agganis Arena
September 18
They're reunited after years and touring the world. Might be yer last chance to catch 'em. tickets here! (boston presale code: wowee, other cities: zowee, perhaps?)
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chris, 5 months ago
Killing Joke at
Paradise Rock Club
December 4
UK post-punkers Killing Joke, author of the (Tourfilter-fave) delirious, haunting 1984 pop tune The Eighties, is still making hits and pleasing critics in the UK, and has a new original-lineup CD coming in April.
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chris, 6 months ago
cathy cathodic at
The Milky Way
September 30
One of Boston's most talented (and sexiest) hip-hop artists, Cathy Cathodic raps about heavy, and unusual-for-rap themes like reproduction; her live show includes strange, and sometimes gruesome, props and skits. Truly one of a kind, this is a show not to be missed.
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chris, 7 months ago
image: www.myspace.com
28 degrees taurus at
The Middle East
October 5
Boston rockers deliver a loud show, though their recorded tracks have more of an ambient sound. Their (female) vocalist and flanging, warbling guitars give them echoes of My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins. on MySpace
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chris, 8 months ago
Xela at
Goethe Institut
November 5
Brit John Twells runs the Type imprint here in Boston and, as Xela, releases experimental records that would make fitting Tarkovsky soundtracks: broken electronics, 10-mile-high strings, backward loops, piano strings plucked.
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chris, 8 months ago
Zili Misik at
Beehive
September 4
8 women playing earthy, jingly african/carribbean rythyms. nice vibes, looks like a night you'd walk away from feeling pretty good. Winners of 2 Boston Music Award this year: Best World Act & Best International Music Act
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chris, 8 months ago
image: Daniel DiScala
deerhunter at
Royale
October 16
Atlanta-bred Deerhunter plays throbbing, druggy, sometimes experimental rock and has toured with bands like Dan Deacon and Lightning Bolt; their live show is said to be frenetic.
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chris, 8 months ago
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